Hat-pin



(No Model.)

" W. S. LAW.

HAT PIN.

Iva 598.425. Patented Feb. 1, 1898.

Inventor.

Nrrnn SrArns VVINDFIELD SCOTT LAW, OF CONINGS, WEST VIRGINIA.

HAT-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,425, dated February 1, 1898. Application filed July 13,1897. Serial No. 644,422. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVINDFIELD SCOTT LAW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oonings, in the county of Gilmer and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pins, and particularly to a hat-pin; and the object of the invention is to provide a new and improved pin which will lock itself to a hat as it is pushed into place.

A further object of theinvention is to provide a hat-fastener having a pierce end and a coil forming a spring between said end and the other or locking end. i

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts.

In the accompanying drawing, forming-part of this application, the figure is a perspective view of my improved pin.

' The same numeral references denote the same parts in the drawing.

The pin or fastener is composed of a single piece of suitable pin-wire, having a main stem 1, provided with a pointed or piercing end 2 to readily enter a hat or other head- Wear. The wire is coiled at 3 to form a spring, and from this coil the wire is extended for a short distance parallel with the main stem 1 to form a short spring-arm A. The end of the arm 4 is bent at 5 to form a projection or tongue 6 at an angle to the arm 4 and reaches slightly below the stem 1. The tongue 6 is provided with a spiral spring 8, one end of which spring bears against the bend or shoulder 5 and the other end is secured to a collar 10, through which the point of the tongue works. The spring 8 prevents the tongue from passing too far beyond the stem and renders the tongue-arm more readily raised and the tongue more readily disengaged from the hat.

It is obvious vthat the stem 1 is pushed through the hat until the short arm 4 strikes the same, whereupon the said arm is raised and the tongue 6 passed through the hat-body. The tension of the coil-spring will keep the tongue pressed down to the stem 1 and thus lock the pin to the hat.

To remove the pin, the arm 4 is raised until the tongue is disengaged, leaving the pin free to be withdrawn,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A hat-pin comprising a single piece of wire bent into a coil, one end of the wire being extended from the coil to form a main stem,

and the other end of thewire being extended parallel with the said stem to form a short arm or stem, said short stem being bent toward the main stem to form a tongue, and a spiral spring upon the tongue, as set forth. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

VVINDFIELD SCOTT LAIV. Witnesses:

O. F. LAW, ANNIE M. LAW. 

